Fresh vegetables and fruits are much healthier! I use carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes, watermelon, orange slices etc, with cheerios. I use orange slices or flukers orange cubes for water, but you can get water crystals too. I keep it in a dish so I can dump it out and refill it every day. Remember, what goes into your crickets, goes into your frogs. The healthier your crickets are gutloaded, the healthier your frogs will be! I gutload mine for 24-48 hours before feeding.